While I don't know anybody who has known the dogs in Elka's pedigree, I still find her pedigree very interesting. Granted, I met her sire (deceased as of December, apparently. Rest in peace, Gabriel; you seemed like an awesome guy) and dam, but I don't know them. I knew that Elka's dam
loved babies, and her sire would "Smile" on command. Precious little information, when you get fixated on things in the way that I do.
However, I'm lucky in that there are some very good online resources for Dobermans, including
Dobermann-Review.com and
Dobequest.org. There, provided the information was uploaded, I can find birth dates, titles, health testing, and dates of death. Elka is spayed, and I never intended on breeding her, but it's interesting to see what's "in her woodpile".
